I don't know how long he slept, but Lin Jue suddenly woke up.
I felt it was dim outside and pitch black inside the room. I didn't know what time it was, but it was chilly and had a strange chill.
The chill seemed to be coming from next door.
In the coldness, Lin Jue felt a little bit of Yin Qi again.
"Pa..."
There was a little light in the house.
Lin Jue originally wanted to light up the room to see if there was anything strange, but he saw that the third senior brother who was supposed to be sleeping next to him had already sat up cross-legged and looked towards the next room with his eyes open.
My own fox didn't sleep either. Instead, he sat upright on the futon under the bed and looked in that direction.
Seeing the light, everyone turned their heads.
It seems to be saying——
Are you awake too?
I fell the deepest sleeper after co-writing?
Lin Jue couldn't help but think.
"Are you awake too?" After all, the third senior brother had the advantage of being able to speak and said, "Do you feel something is wrong in the room over there?"
"The yin energy is very strong." Lin Jue nodded and said, "When did the third senior brother wake up?"
"Just now, I drank wine secretly at night, and when I wanted to urinate, I saw Fuyao sitting upright, staring over there." The third senior brother scratched his head, "I just felt a little cold when I didn't wake up, but right
I can’t make much of an impact. Once I wake up, I can’t fall back asleep.”
"I see."
Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he was the least alert.
"What time is it now?"
"It's not daylight yet anyway."
"Third Senior Brother, what do you mean..."
"After you wake up, take a closer look and realize that in addition to the yin energy, there are also some familiar feelings to me." The third senior brother said, "I don't want to be nosy, but I can't sleep here. I want to take a look.
But they kindly took us in and locked the door, so we couldn't be rude."
"What familiar feeling?" Lin Jue asked.
"Obsession, resentment, evil spirit, and blood energy." The third senior brother said a few words in succession. Fortunately, Lin Jue also understood what he meant.
"Could it be an evil ghost?"
"That's not the case." The third senior brother waved his hand and said, "If it were really an evil ghost, we wouldn't just feel cold. Besides, the Yin Qi and ghost Qi there are not heavy."
"This is simple, leave it to me."
"you go?"
"I'm curious too."
"That's fine." The third senior brother nodded and said, "If the remnant souls of those heroes I met are really the same, you will have just found the soul of the bean soldier."
"So that's it..."
Lin Jue nodded and looked next door.
Anyway, I couldn't sleep tonight, so I just got up and put on my shoes, took my hatchet and darts, pinned them to my body, held a lantern and opened the door and went out.
The fox naturally followed him.
Go to the hut to relieve yourself first.
When I came back from urinating, I happened to stand in front of the next door.
Lin Jue took a closer look and found that it was just an ordinary wooden door without any restrictive magic circle. He looked closer and looked inside, but it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
There is indeed some yin energy in it.
It's really not very heavy.
Lin Jue blew out the lantern, placed it on the ground, carefully approached the door, and then moved forward carefully.
Face slowly entered the door.
"puff……"
He opened his mouth and spit out a small amount of firelight, and the appearance of the room was reflected in the lightning flash.
The size and furnishings of the room were almost the same as the one he lived in, but under the firelight, there were several blurry black shadows wandering around the room, running rampant.
Upon noticing the fire, a dark shadow immediately rushed over.
I really didn’t hesitate at all——
He could vaguely see the appearance of a martial artist, holding an invisible long knife. His face was ferocious and twisted, as if full of anger. He flew over and slashed at Lin Jue's face with one strike.
Lin Jue subconsciously exited the room.
The tip of the knife seemed to have passed through the door frame and struck close to the tip of his nose.
"..."
Lin Jue's eyes flickered, but he stepped forward again.
Now he completely entered the room.
Raise your hand, there is a light on your fingertips.
If you look at it from outside the door, the firelight will undoubtedly reflect the Taoist's figure on the door and window, but it will also reflect several more blurry black shadows, one on the left and right, and several above the head, all showing their teeth and claws, and all waving vaguely.
Qing's sword flew towards the Taoist.
Lin Jue was unmoved at all.
Swish, brush, brush!
Several swords struck him.
Lin Jue was unscathed. At most, he felt a bit chilly where he had cut. However, he was filled with fire aura and it was filled up in the blink of an eye.
However, these black shadows did not stop. They seemed to have lost their minds and were tireless. They continued to bite and chop at him. Their faces were twisted and extremely angry, as if they had some deep grudge against him.
Lin Jue just observed them carefully and remembered this feeling.
"Is this obsession and resentment?"
It's a pity that these shadows are not even ghosts. They are just residual souls created by obsession. They do not have complete sanity and cannot communicate. Correspondingly, they do not have much ability.
If you are an ordinary person, you may still be affected.
However, Lin Jue didn't care at all and just allowed them to attack. He used this little firelight to look at them with a look of thinking in his eyes.
Where did these warriors come from?
What happened?
When Lin Jue was thinking about it, he suddenly saw the sky outside gradually getting brighter, as if there were burning clouds, and heard the monks chanting sutras. He felt bad, so he hurried out.
The fox was sitting obediently at the door waiting for him.
Lin Jue looked around and was not seen by anyone.
But when I looked at it, I realized that it was not yet dawn outside.
The light I saw was the Buddha's light emanating from the main hall of the temple. The sound of chanting sutras I heard did not seem to come from the monks in the temple, but from the open main hall, which was empty.
Why did it dawn so suddenly?
"Squeak..."
A pilgrim heard the sound and quickly opened the door and came out to check without even putting on his clothes.
Seeing that a Bodhisattva had indeed appeared, these pilgrims were immediately excited and shouted to others. After a while, more and more pilgrims came out wearing their clothes and looked into the main hall.
Junior sister's room was also opened.
The first person to come out was the female family member of the pilgrim surnamed Wang, followed closely by the junior sister holding a long sword.
The third senior brother also came out.
Everyone gathered at the entrance of the hall. Some people knelt down devoutly before they even got close, praying and crying, feeling that the money they spent was not in vain.
Lin Jue and the three of them gathered together and looked over.
The temple was indeed empty, without a single monk, but a statue of Bodhisattva in the main hall was emitting golden light, illuminating the entire temple, and at the same time, faint sounds of chanting came from the hall.
"The Bodhisattva appears!"
"Bodhisattva bless you!"
"What a Bodhisattva!"
There was already a crowd crouching at the entrance of the main hall.
Only then did the monk belatedly walk out of the room. He was also wearing clothes, but his eyes were sleepy and his expression was very casual. He was talking to himself as he walked:
"Why did the Bodhisattva appear again?"
"I don't know..."
"Dear donors, the ground is wet and cold. I sincerely ask you not to kneel on the ground for too long! Bodhisattva does not want to see you hurting your body because of kneeling for too long!"
Apart from the monks, there were only three Taoists standing.
Lin Jue looked up at the Bodhisattva statue without blinking.
The fox stared at the altar below.
Lin Jue lowered his gaze and followed the fox.
"Three Taoist priests, please go back and rest. It's still a long time before dawn." The fat monk came over to persuade him with a smile. "Although they are all under the jurisdiction of Tian Weng, after all, Buddhism and Taoism are two different families. The three Taoist priests are standing here.
If you don’t salute, I’m afraid you won’t feel at ease, right? If you do, I’ll probably feel even more uncomfortable.”
It makes sense and is quite considerate.
The three of them looked at each other, turned around and walked back.
Seeing a flash of white on the horizon, the junior sister did not go back to her room, but went to the rooms of her two senior brothers.
The room was not big, and there were no tables and chairs. The two senior brothers were sitting on the bed, and the younger junior sister was sitting on the futon on the floor, hugging the increasingly pale fox, looking up at the two senior brothers.
"Junior brother, what did you see?"
"There is no Buddhist aura, but there is some aura. It looks familiar. It should be a kind of opera. Although I don't know it, I still feel that it has some similarities with the seventh brother's opera." Lin Jue said after thinking, looking down.
The little junior sister and Fox raised their eyes and raised their heads, "Fuyao's ears are very good. There is probably some mystery under the altar or in the statue."
"Senior brother, I think so too."
"These monks..."
"Of course I'm looking for money."
"Most likely." Lin Jue said, but his brows were furrowed, "Senior brother, do you know what I saw in the next room?"
"Is it what I thought?"
"It should be about the same. Several warriors have a lot of resentment, and when they see me, they bite, chop and chop me."
While talking, the fox suddenly turned his head and looked outside.
There were slight footsteps disappearing outside.
Was heard?
The three of them looked at each other in confusion again.
As expected, it didn't take long for the fat monk to arrive. At this time, his face was still a little dark, but his face lacked the gentle expression that made him look like yesterday.
The monk is also very direct.
"Taoist priests, let me tell you the truth. This is indeed not a Bodhisattva apparition. It is just a drama directed and performed by ourselves. The purpose is just to make money. Since the Taoist priests have seen through it with their discerning eyes, I hope they can stay with us for the night.
For the sake of giving me food and drinks for a night, I can, I can..."
The monk seemed to find it difficult to say:
"Well, I hope I won't explain it to outsiders. Of course we'll be grateful and we'll give you some silver as a gift."
After saying that, he looked at a few people.
Lin Jue and his junior sister reacted in sync.
Such a difficult decision to make and such a difficult thing to say is naturally passed on to the senior brother.
The junior sister looked serious, not knowing what she was thinking.
Lin Jue was thinking about the remnant souls next door.
"Master, don't worry, we Taoists rarely talk too much. Besides, we are lazy and don't like to cause trouble." The third senior brother said cheerfully, and I don't know whether it was true or not. "If no one asks us about it, we will naturally not talk too much."
It’s nonsense, but if someone asks, we don’t like to lie, but the Master will understand this.”
When the monk heard this, his expression changed slightly.
The third senior brother then quickly smiled and said: "Master, don't worry, we came from Yixian County and stayed for one night. We will go back at dawn. Master, this temple is so remote that no one will ask questions about us."
"What if I ask?"
"Taoists don't lie." The third senior brother said, looking at his expression, and seeing that he was getting more serious, he suddenly grinned, "I had no choice but to keep silent."
"call……"
The monk breathed a sigh of relief.
So he took out a red cloth package from his arms, spread it out with one hand, and untied it with the other hand. Inside was a few pieces of honeycomb silver that were tied around the waist - he just kept silent and did nothing, but it was worth so much.
Ten taels of silver.
"What we are here to ask for is the wealth of the local rich, and we have also done things to help the poor. These Taoist priests are capable, and they are worthy of seeing each other. A little thought is not disrespectful, so I ask the Taoist priests to accept it."
"..."
But the third senior brother pushed away: "Master has already allowed us to stay here for the night, and he also gave us free meals. What else can we ask for? It's enough."
The monk couldn't help but raise his head and stare at him.
It's like seeing if he is real or fake.
The third senior brother smiled and did not shy away from it.
"That would be great." The monk smiled and said, "We are also willing to be friends with the Taoist Priest."
"polite."
"Resign."
As soon as the monk left, the three of them continued to look at each other.
The expression of the third senior brother also calmed down.
Slowly the sky dawned.
At dawn, before the pilgrims in the temple left, poor people from nearby areas came. When they heard that the Bodhisattva had appeared again last night, they all took out their money and made offerings to the Bodhisattva, asking him to bless them.
I don’t know how these monks are able to maintain the illusion that they don’t like money, while at the same time making people willing to empty their wealth. Perhaps it is precisely by maintaining this illusion that they can achieve this.
The three of them watched from a distance, expressionless.
soon--
The monk brought them breakfast.
Breakfast was rather sumptuous. In addition to three bowls of porridge, there was also a plate of steamed buns with vegetarian fillings and a plate of pickles.
The third senior brother and the younger junior sister did not move their chopsticks, but looked at Lin Jue.
Lin Jue decisively picked up the bowl, took a sip of the porridge first, savored it carefully, and then tasted the steamed buns and pickles.
There is nothing wrong with white porridge, but the poison is in the vegetables.
Chapter completed!